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Scala or Clojure Functional Programming best practices
I did a lot of self-study coding, got some experience with Parallel Programming Models: Actors, Software Transactional Memory, Data Flow.
When I am trying to apply these architectures to real life - ...
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Do non-pure interpreters still make the guarantees of functional programming?
I am assuming the implementations/compilers/generated C code (referred to hereinafter as generic, 'interpreter') for most functional programming languages are written in non-pure functional languages. ...
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Design in “mixed” languages: object oriented design or functional programming?
In the past few years, the languages I like to use are becoming more and more "functional". I now use languages that are a sort of "hybrid": C#, F#, Scala. I like to design my application using ...
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Functional Programming approach for a simplified game using Scala and LWJGL
I, a Java imperative programmer, would like to understand how to generate a simple version of Space Invaders based on Functional Programming design principles (in particular Referential Transparency). ...
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Unit testing statically typed functional code
I wanted to ask you people, in which cases it makes sense to unit test statically typed functional code, as written in haskell, scala, ocaml, nemerle, f# or haXe (the last is what I am really ...
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Help me deal with higher level languages
I'm trying to learn Scala (I have previously glanced at Erlang, Haskell, Ruby and had similar issues). I do enjoy it, but I feel bad about some things it does and I wonder if that's just due to all ...
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Getters and Setters in Functional Languages
One of the tenets of Functional Programming is the use of Pure Functions. A Pure function is one that is side-effect free and referentially transparent.
Getters are not referentially transparent - ...
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Usage of “Multi-Paradigm Languages” in commercial applications
I am currently learning the two languages F-Sharp and Scala. These two languages are, in my opinion, both quite comprehensive to grasp.
Nonetheless, what seems to make Scala and F-Sharp similar, is ...
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Good videos and podcasts on Functional Programming? [closed]
Can you recommend some good downloadable podcasts and videos on Functional Programming languages. Pure and non pure: Scala, Haskell, ML, Miranda, Scheme, Lisp, Erlang, Clojure, Jaskell, Functional ...
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Is functional programming strongly related to mathematics?
Is functional programming so related to mathematics because much of the functional programming is depicted with mathematical notions? Is it a MUST to have a strong base of
maths to learn & ...
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What kind of things are easy in Haskell and hard in Scala, and vice versa?
There has been some intermingling of Scala and Haskell communities, and I have noticed now and then people commenting on stuff that's supposed to be easy in Haskell and hard and Scala. Less often ...
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What are the biggest differences between F# and Scala?
F# and Scala are both functional programming langugages that don't force the developer to only use immutable datatypes. They both have support for objects, can use libraries written in other languages ...
